A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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Isogloss map for 'main'

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>10,000 per million occurrences >1,000 per million >100 per million >10 per million >1 per million >0 per million Isogloss map for 'main' Shetland 139.5 occurrences per million words 5 authors out of 54 Orkney 9.9 occurrences per million words 1 authors out of 41 North Northern B (Caithness) 35.2 occurrences per million words 1 authors out of 3 North Northern A (Black Isle) 0.0 occurrences per million words 0 authors out of 1 Mid Northern B 111.9 occurrences per million words 1 authors out of 12 Mid Northern A 88.3 occurrences per million words 8 authors out of 42 Aberdeen 83.9 occurrences per million words 3 authors out of 17 South Northern 162.8 occurrences per million words 1 authors out of 4 Dundee 116.8 occurrences per million words 2 authors out of 9 North East Central 45.9 occurrences per million words 1 authors out of 3 (South) East Central 73.1 occurrences per million words 17 authors out of 54 Edinburgh 105.4 occurrences per million words 4 authors out of 20 Glasgow 158.8 occurrences per million words 8 authors out of 22 West Central 79.9 occurrences per million words 10 authors out of 35 Ayrshire 53.4 occurrences per million words 3 authors out of 10 South East (Borders) 174.7 occurrences per million words 4 authors out of 13 South West (Galloway) 69.7 occurrences per million words 2 authors out of 21 Donegal (East Donegal) 0.0 occurrences per million words 0 authors out of 3 West Ulster (Letterkenny / L'Derry) 0.0 occurrences per million words 0 authors out of 2 Coleraine Ulster (North Antrim) 31.4 occurrences per million words 1 authors out of 5 Ballymena Ulster (Mid Antrim) 0.0 occurrences per million words 0 authors out of 10 East Antrim (Larne) 131.3 occurrences per million words 2 authors out of 3 South Antrim (Between Sixmilewater and Belfast) 0.0 occurrences per million words 0 authors out of 1 Peninsular Ulster (Ards) 71.4 occurrences per million words 2 authors out of 13 Sorry, your browser does not support inline SVG.

'main' occurrences per year

N-Gram view for 'main' 10,000 per million 1,000 per million 100 per million 10 per million 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025 2026 2000 10 total occurrences 174.55 per million words 2001 5 total occurrences 65.32 per million words 2002 4 total occurrences 52.95 per million words 2003 23 total occurrences 153.73 per million words 2004 12 total occurrences 114.02 per million words 2005 5 total occurrences 73.55 per million words 2006 8 total occurrences 92.81 per million words 2007 3 total occurrences 27.41 per million words 2008 7 total occurrences 89.08 per million words 2009 8 total occurrences 98.30 per million words 2010 8 total occurrences 68.11 per million words 2011 13 total occurrences 89.54 per million words 2012 6 total occurrences 44.84 per million words 2013 4 total occurrences 53.75 per million words 2014 6 total occurrences 33.32 per million words 2015 10 total occurrences 76.84 per million words 2016 15 total occurrences 98.48 per million words 2017 13 total occurrences 89.38 per million words 2018 7 total occurrences 89.89 per million words 2019 8 total occurrences 83.12 per million words 2020 34 total occurrences 103.49 per million words 2021 35 total occurrences 78.65 per million words 2022 39 total occurrences 190.62 per million words 2023 12 total occurrences 96.34 per million words 2024 12 total occurrences 147.37 per million words 2025 2 total occurrences 205.00 per million words 2026 0 total occurrences 0.00 per million words
Year Occurences normalised per million Total occurrences
2000 174.55 10
2001 65.32 5
2002 52.95 4
2003 153.73 23
2004 114.02 12
2005 73.55 5
2006 92.81 8
2007 27.41 3
2008 89.08 7
2009 98.30 8
2010 68.11 8
2011 89.54 13
2012 44.84 6
2013 53.75 4
2014 33.32 6
2015 76.84 10
2016 98.48 15
2017 89.38 13
2018 89.89 7
2019 83.12 8
2020 103.49 34
2021 78.65 35
2022 190.62 39
2023 96.34 12
2024 147.37 12
2025 205.00 2
2026 0.00 0

'main' overall change in the 21st century

Normalised occurrences 2000 to 2013:-
85.38
Normalised occurrences 2014 to 2026:-
97.68